Marshall Black

Marshall Black was an American politician. He was born in Ohio in 1870, and attended Ohio Wesleyan University and Stanford University.[1] He served in the California senate from 1902 to 1913.

In 1911 he wrote the bill that extended the use of recall election to include local and city officials. Two years later, he was accused of embezzlement for stealing $140,000 from the Palo Alto Building and Loan of which he was secretary and recalled from office. He was then found guilty and senteced to three years and four months in prison at San Quentin.[2][3][4][5][6]

He was replaced by Herbert C. Jones.

References
  1. California Blue Book. State Printing Office. 1913. p. 470.
  2. Zimmerman, Joseph F. (2014). The Recall: Tribunal of the People, Second Edition. SUNY Press. p. 69. ISBN 1438449259.
  3. Alex Vassar & Shane Meyers. "Marshall Black, Republican". joincalifornia.com.
  4. "now Baha'i Marshall Black plead guilty to previous crime". The San Francisco Examiner. February 1, 1913.
  5. Civic Impulse. "Legislator Misconduct Database". govtrack.us.
  6. Joshua Spivak. "When Have Recalls Succeeded in California?". hnn.us.
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